Information governance Archives

14 May 2012

Record access by 2015 a ‘tall order’

The government's pledge to give all patients access to their electronic health records by October 2015 is a “tall order”

13 April 2012

South London has four data ‘near misses’

Employees at South London Healthcare NHS Trust have breached the Data Protection Act four times in the past year, once

19 April 2011

GPs advised: do IG Toolkit

GP representatives have advised GP practices to complete NHS Connecting for Health’s Information Governance Toolkit, despite concerns about its suitability

13 April 2011

IG ‘major block’ on IT projects

Information governance is a major stumbling block to IT innovation and service integration, a Westminster Health Forum heard this week.

15 March 2011

BMA tells Lansley to halt revolution

The British Medical Association has called for the government to stop its plans for a massive reorganisation of the NHS

15 February 2011

IG deadline extended by IT problems

The deadline for organisations to complete their information governance training via NHS Connecting for Health’s Information Governance Training Tool has